Garment bag



1941- L. E. WESSELMANN 2,253,002

GARMENT BAG Filed May 10, 1939 M gINVENTOR $2 k f Z ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 19, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT BAG Louis Wesselmann, Buffalo, N. Y. Application May 10, 1939, Serial No. 272,859

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a garment bag, and more particularly tea bag for use by cleaners for protecting the cleaned garments during delivery, and which may in turn be used by the customer for protective storage purposes.

It has for one of its objects to provide a bag of this character which is so constructed as to readily permit effective sealing of its contents against moths and dust and to thereby preserve the enclosed garment in the cleaned, perfect condition in which it is received from the cleaner.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a garment bagwhich is durable in construction, which is designed to permit the suspension of the garments from a hanger detach ably associated with the bag in such a way that there is but a minimum strain on the bag so as notto tear about the hanger, thus enabling it to retain its sealing properties in spite of repeated usage, and which is inexpensive to produce and is neat and compact in appearance.

A further object is the provision of a top-opening garment bag having'novel fiap or closure and suspension means therefor andwhose opening extends across the full width thereof, and which opening is conveniently accessible and of suffici ent size to permit the ready removal and replacement of a garment from and in the bag with the greatest convenience and Without danger of wrinkling or displacing the same from its position onthe hanger. A still further objectof the invention is the provision of a window of Cellophane or like material in the upper central portion of the bag, through which the contents of the bag are readily visible, thereby avoiding any confusion that might arise in the selection of the garment desired from two or more identical garment bags which are hung in the same storage room or closet.

Other features of the invention reside in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter describedfland particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

, -Inthe accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary, front perspective view of the garmentbag, shown suspended from a hanger, and embodying my invention. Figure 2 is a fragmentary, rear perspective view thereof. Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary, rear perspective view showing the manner in which the sealing flaps are folded for fastening. Figure 4 is a fragmentary, front elevation of the upper portion of the bag with the flaps unfolded and with the hanger in position. Figure 5 is an terial, with its bottom and side seam portion permanently sealed against opening, and with its top portion open and adapted to be, closed or sealed by foldable flaps and to open across the full width thereof for theready application of the bag to the hanger-suspended garment or for the removal and replacement of the garment from and in the bag, the latter and the garment being intended forjoint suspension from a garment hanger detachably associated with the bag.

Referring now to the drawing. 10 and H indicate the front and rear walls of the bag. respectively, and I2 its open upper end through which The garment or garments are introduced and removed, the garments being adapted for suspension within the bag on a garment hanger l3 of ordinary construction and the hanger, through its hook l4, further serving as a means for suspending the bag and its contents from an overhead support. The open top of the bag is pro vided with integral, foldable flaps 15, formed from both its front and rear walls which effectually seal the bag contents against moths and dust and which may be tied or otherwise detachably secured to the body of the bag by tie strings or cards 16 or other appropriate, readily disconnectible fastening means.

' As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the folds of the two-ply1 flaps [5 are oblique to the vertical and incline downwardly from the center to the upper side edges of the bag in substantial conformity with the shoulder portions of the hanger 13 so that such hanger portionsor that part of the garment overhanging them bear uniformlyalong the line of the flap-folds. Referring to Figure 4, the numerals l1 indicate the diagonal fold lines which are disposed to intersect each other centrally and below the top of the bag with the result that one of. the flaps, when folded, extends beyond the point of intersection of the fold lines, as shown in Figure 3, while the companion flap, when folded, carries with it such extension of the first-named flap and brings it into overlying relation with the adjoining contiguous portion of such flap, thereby providing by such inter or cross-folding of the flaps a positive and effective sealing of the open end of the bag as well as an effective reinforcement about that portion of the bag from which it is suspended from the garment hanger l3.

In one of the walls of the bag, say the front wall [0, and substantially at the point of intersection of the fold lines ll, there is provided an aperture l8 through which the hanger hook I4 is adapted to pass in effecting the application and removal of the hanger to and from the bag.

If desired, a reinforcing patch of gummed fabric H1 or the like may be applied about the aperture. When it is "desired to remove or replace a garment in the bag, this is easily accomplished by untying the flaps l5 from their closed position their creased positions, and opening the bag described window 20 of Cellophane or like mate- 1. A garment bag, comprising a substantially on the rear side thereof, unfolding them from p across its full top width, which opened'a'rea isofsuflicient size to provide convenient access to the interior of the bag as well as to the garment hanger used in connection therewith. In this Way,, there is no possibility of any difliculty arisingin the removal of a garment from the bag, nor in the application of the bag over'the suspended garment for delivery purposes by the cleaner. Moreover, upon replacing a garment in the bag, there is no possibility of its becoming misplaced or disarranged on the hanger, without the knowledge of the user, which would result in the "garments becoming out, of shape'from fiat, rectangular-shaped body open at its upper end for admission and removal of a garment and provided" at its upper end and below the top of the bag with intersecting 'foldable flaps, the lines hanging in an ungainly position for any length of time; In use, the space provided by the opening across the full width of thetop',together with the natural convenience of access to the bag through the top rather than through the bottom or side portion, makes for a convenience to the user; as well as a safeguard to thejgarment.

Furthermore; while the bag is a manifestly simple and inexpensive in construction, itsopenended top and flap structure ,assures'a positive retention of the hanger without liability of its tearing the bag; and when suspended there is practically no strain'on the tied closure flaps.

' As shown in Figures 1 and 4, a window 20 of Cellophane or'the like is provided in theupper,

front'portion of the bag, and centrally between the opposingsides thereof, through which the contents of, the bag are readily visible, and which in noway detracts from the sealing properties of the bag. Thus, the user, who may have two or more identical bags, hanging "side by side in a clothes closet, is able to select the garment desired without hesitation or without any delay occasioned by opening and rescaling one or more bags in an unsuccessful and perhaps hurried effort to immediately locate the desired garment.

In operation, the hanger-hook I4 is inserted through the reinforced opening I I of the bag, the hanger in question bearing'a garment, and the flaps l5 are then folded as hereinbefore described and tied or otherwise secured by a cord or string to the rear side ofthe bag v By p'reference, it is desirable to use a moth 'cakeholder in ccnjunction with the hanger. For

this purpose a cardboard sheath 2] ,or the like is suspended from the cross bariof the hanger and carries a, moth =cake 22, thesheath or holder having a window ZS thrOugh which one may observe'the conditionof the moth cake. 'I heaboveof the flap-folds conforming substantially to the shouldefelements of a garment hanger to be inserted in the bag, one of the flaps, when folded, extending beyond the point of intersection of the fold lines and the companion flap, when folded, including the folded extension of the first-named flap, the bodybeing provided in one of its walls at substantially the inter-section of the closure flaps with; an opening through which the shank of the garment hanger is adapted to extend.

2. Ag'arment bag, comprising a body composed of front andmeariwalls closed at'their bottom and side edges and open at their top edges for the admission and removal "of a hanger-suspended and extending from the opposite side edges thereof and 'intersectingeach other substantially centrally of the body to form double-walled closure flaps one of said fold lines extending beyond such point of intersectionto the top edge of the'bag and the other fold line terminating at said point of intersection, that. wall of the body forming the outer flap-wa1ls having a hangerengaging aperture therein at the'point of intersection ofthe fold lines. V

3; A garment-bag, comprising a body composed of front and ,rear. walls closed at their bottom and side edgesand open at'their top edgesfor theadmission and-removal of a hanger-sus-' pended garment, and transverse fold lines adjacent the upper end of said body andextending from the opposite side edges thereof and intersecting eachother substantially centrally of the body toforni double-walledsclosurecfiaps, one of said fold lines extending beyond such point of intersection to the. top edgeof the bag and the other fold line terminating atsaid point ofintersection, that wall 'of the body forming the outer flapwalls having a hanger engaging aperture therein at the point'of' intersection of the fold lines, a reinforcing patch of flexible material applied to the body-Wall about said aperture and the adjoining intersecting portions of the foldlines, the opposing inner portions of'said flaps overlapping each other'substantially centrally of the body and below said aperture, and means for detachably securing the flaps in their closed position to the adjoining body-wall.

' LOUIS EQWESSELMANN. 

